The PR power of the pooch

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Nothing makes a scene more domestic and cosy than a dog wagging its tail in the garden. Just ask the Obamas . . .

When Michael Middleton recently snapped his daughter and son-in-law, the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, sitting on a rug on his pristine front lawn, we
are pretty sure he meant his swaddled grandson, lying in Catherine’s arms,
to be the focal point of his photo. Lupo, meanwhile — the black,
floppy-eared cocker spaniel who joined his owners for the picture and
refused to look into the camera — had other ideas. Somehow, he managed to
steal our gaze away not only from William and Catherine but the snoozing
baby prince too – a considerable feat made all the more remarkable for the
fact